The WNBA All-Star Game, as part of Boost Mobile All-Star 2014, will be held July 19 at US Airways Center in Phoenix and hosted by the hometown Mercury, it was announced Wednesday in a news conference at the arena.

After an investment of more than $1 million in drag-strip repaving and other facility improvements, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park’s new management will get its first big test at this weekend’s Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.